Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1887-11-07

seem Inadequate. Still, if the work i'm
future should grow till it has ACCOMPLISH
ed its purpose, it will ever be remembered
that they pioneered til" way marched
boldly To the front. endured the conflict.
and justly merit the pl4udit ..vell done.
The work when reviewed in all its phases
seems success. It will not be possible
to 90 into details as the Minutes of fl
nance and expense will be sent to all the
U'nious, When we think Of the masses
who were constantly thronging our booth.
not only for food. but for cold water. so
generously given away. we can hut feel
had 1t been otherwise, some might have
sought to quench their thirst with some
thing of very different nature This
much we know, that many hundreds were
supplied with the good food that was
carried there, and at prices within the
reach of all The leaflets. papers and
books distributed must have done some
good, and it is hoped that many of them
have fallen upon good ground. There
were congratulations and encouraging
words from great many sources, as
well as a chance to answer queries from
those who were ignorant of the work
Some even asked what w. C. r. L. stood
for One little fellow, poorly clad, came
timidly up to the rear door of the BOOTH
and after being supplied with all the food
he could dispose Of,said, please, if there
are any pieces to throw away, let me take
them to my home That call brought
forth a good-siZed box, well-filled, and
his JOY as he thanked us, was such as
most of our children know but little
about. A child once remarked, Il sup
pose Christmas is coming. but it is aw-
fully slow" We feel sometimes that
this is applicable to works of reform,
yet to allow the thought TO in any way
hinder our work, or courage. even, would
be indeed childish. We hope all parties
interested have been so well pleased with
the work this year, that they will want to
see us again, and be ready to welcome us
to a more cOmmOdiOus apartment, where
we may have room according to our
strength. | know no better motto for
the future than this;
Keep pushing, tits wiser than sitting aside
And signing and watching and waiting the tide,
In life's earnest battle they only prevail,
Who daily march onward, and never say fail"
just a word in regard to the preamble
and resolutions" referred to in your issue
of Oct. 18th: First, we have too good an
opinion of the w. c. T. L. women of
Vermont to think that the passing of a
resolution through the convention would
cause any dissensiOn or divisiOn-fOr GER
tainly were that true, it would belle the
signature that represents rs. Again, so
far as keeping out scores of women who
have never Joined us, that is only a sup
position. 1t is, too, remarkably strange
that there should be such peculiar state
of affairs in Vermont as to demand that
we be out of harmony with our national
organization in order to preserve unity
among ourselves. 1t would look little
as though we had forgotten our first prin-
ciples. But, to figure the whole matter
in a nutshell, it amounts to thiS.-Let
the work progress the remainder of the
I.
proved to those who voted in favor of
the resolution. to be as much of an error,
as it now seems TO be truth, we will all
sign the protest and make all due acknowl-
edgement. A very prominent political
man said recently in speech made in one
of our cities, that he asked the national
republican party why they did not put
prohibition plank in their platform for
the coming campaign. They said they
knew they ought, but the truth was they
lost by so small majority they were
afraid to NEEDLE with it. He next asked
the democratic party, and they said they
knew they ought, but they gained by SO
small majority they did not dare to
touch it. There is a promise recorded
for such conditions ''If any man lack
wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth
to all men literally, and upbraideth not,
and it shall be given him."
JULIA NJ. JOHNSON,
State Supt. Press Dept.